#smolnet — Public Fediverse posts

"Before search engines, though, existed older, more powerful discovery methods, curated by humans for our benefit; these systems and networks still exist, but they seem hidden from the view of the mainstream web.

Let’s take a look at the secret web, the festival of personal expression and idea sharing happening below the surface, out of the mainstream view, spearheaded by people like you and me."

https://blog.clew.se/posts/secret-web/

#internet #web #smallweb #smolnet #indieweb #blogging

"Before search engines, though, existed older, more powerful discovery methods, curated by humans for our benefit; these systems and networks still exist, but they seem hidden from the view of the mainstream web.

Let’s take a look at the secret web, the festival of personal expression and idea sharing happening below the surface, out of the mainstream view, spearheaded by people like you and me."

https://blog.clew.se/posts/secret-web/

#internet #web #smallweb #smolnet #indieweb #blogging

I've worked on snurl a lot over the last few days. Some updates:

- The CLI has flags for redirects and input now.
- Logging!
- WolfSSL is partially implemented. I need to compile a custom version of it for it to fully work.

https://codeberg.org/liberty/snurl/

Next on the list:
- Completing WolfSSL support
- Getting Zig's built-in TLS library working

Then I think I'll be ready for a first release!

There is still more to work on, but considering my next school quarter is starting on Monday, that's probably all I'm going to be able to do for now.

#smolnet #geminiprotocol

I've worked on snurl a lot over the last few days. Some updates:

- The CLI has flags for redirects and input now.
- Logging!
- WolfSSL is partially implemented. I need to compile a custom version of it for it to fully work.

https://codeberg.org/liberty/snurl/

Next on the list:
- Completing WolfSSL support
- Getting Zig's built-in TLS library working

Then I think I'll be ready for a first release!

There is still more to work on, but considering my next school quarter is starting on Monday, that's probably all I'm going to be able to do for now.

#smolnet #geminiprotocol

Working on a little tool for fetching pages on the smolnet https://codeberg.org/liberty/snurl/

It currently supports Gopher, Spartan, and Finger, with Gemini in the works.

#geminiprotocol #smolnet #gopher

Working on a little tool for fetching pages on the smolnet https://codeberg.org/liberty/snurl/

It currently supports Gopher, Spartan, and Finger, with Gemini in the works.

#geminiprotocol #smolnet #gopher

"The first thing to do is to install a Gemini client. A Gemini client is like a web browser, except instead of browsing the web, it browses Geminispace. There are at least a couple of Gemini clients available for most platforms..."

https://geminiquickst.art/

via https://82mhz.net/

#smallweb #smolnet #gemini

"The first thing to do is to install a Gemini client. A Gemini client is like a web browser, except instead of browsing the web, it browses Geminispace. There are at least a couple of Gemini clients available for most platforms..."

https://geminiquickst.art/

via https://82mhz.net/

#smallweb #smolnet #gemini

"One of the biggest draws of the #IndieWeb for me is the decentralization of the Internet. The entire point is to stop the erosion of the Internet from being a handful of bad-faith, extractive corporate social media platforms.

But at the end of the day, we're still all using the same Internet, aren't we? The same handful of browsers, the same frameworks and engines. We can take this a step further, and we can interface with the Internet in ways that don't involve going to websites that start with https://"

https://brennan.day/gemini-gophers-and-fingers-oh-my-alternative-internets-beyond-https/

#smallweb #smolnet #blogging #internet

"One of the biggest draws of the #IndieWeb for me is the decentralization of the Internet. The entire point is to stop the erosion of the Internet from being a handful of bad-faith, extractive corporate social media platforms.

But at the end of the day, we're still all using the same Internet, aren't we? The same handful of browsers, the same frameworks and engines. We can take this a step further, and we can interface with the Internet in ways that don't involve going to websites that start with https://"

https://brennan.day/gemini-gophers-and-fingers-oh-my-alternative-internets-beyond-https/

#smallweb #smolnet #blogging #internet

¿Trabajar o perder el tiempo en #Gopher? :nc_think_cool:

#smolweb #smolnet

#audiomo day 4 - #rss
#smolnet (can’t fix posts in Bluesky)

https://bsky.app/profile/booyaatheelder.bsky.social/post/3mni5nmpjyc2d

#audiomo day 4 - #rss
#smolnet (can’t fix posts in Bluesky)

https://bsky.app/profile/booyaatheelder.bsky.social/post/3mni5nmpjyc2d

You can also do this with (the more powerful) XSLT styling.

I.e., the HTTP 'Link' response header can be a way of letting you create small-net type XHTML (as a document) without XLST — while letting you add style using XLST, and even change it (without editing the XHTML file).

Ex:

Link: <https://example.com/styles.xsl>; rel=preload; as=style, <https://example.com/styles.xsl>; rel=stylesheet

(Note, URLs above should have URL scheme.)

#html #http #smallNet #smallWeb #smolNet #smolWeb #xsl #xslt

You can also do this with (the more powerful) XSLT styling.

I.e., the HTTP 'Link' response header can be a way of letting you create small-net type XHTML (as a document) without XLST — while letting you add style using XLST, and even change it (without editing the XHTML file).

Ex:

Link: <https://example.com/styles.xsl>; rel=preload; as=style, <https://example.com/styles.xsl>; rel=stylesheet

(Note, URLs above should have URL scheme.)

#html #http #smallNet #smallWeb #smolNet #smolWeb #xsl #xslt

#audiomo day 3 #GopherProtocol

https://bsky.app/profile/booyaatheelder.bsky.social/post/3mnfgxa7z6s2m

#smolnet

#audiomo day 3 #GopherProtocol

https://bsky.app/profile/booyaatheelder.bsky.social/post/3mnfgxa7z6s2m

#smolnet

#AudioMo day 2 - #fingerprotocol

https://bsky.app/profile/booyaatheelder.bsky.social/post/3mnd2cbgbis26

#smolnet

#AudioMo day 2 - #fingerprotocol

https://bsky.app/profile/booyaatheelder.bsky.social/post/3mnd2cbgbis26

#smolnet

Cross posting from BlueSky my contribution to #audiomo day 1 https://bsky.app/profile/booyaatheelder.bsky.social/post/3mna3okhjhc2c #smolnet

Cross posting from BlueSky my contribution to #audiomo day 1 https://bsky.app/profile/booyaatheelder.bsky.social/post/3mna3okhjhc2c #smolnet

@fluidlogic

I follow these ones:

#GeminiProtocol
#GeminiCapsule
#geminispace

and I prefer #smolnet to #smolweb, because Geminispace is not part of the Web.

@fluidlogic

I follow these ones:

#GeminiProtocol
#GeminiCapsule
#geminispace

and I prefer #smolnet to #smolweb, because Geminispace is not part of the Web.

The HTTP 'Link' response header can be a way of letting you create small-net type HTML (as a document) without CSS — while letting you add style using CSS, and even change it (without editing the HTML file).

Ex:

Link: <https://example.com/styles.css>; rel=preload; as=style, <https://example.com/styles.css>; rel=stylesheet

(Note, URLs above should have URL scheme.)

#html #http #smallNet #smallWeb #smolNet #smolWeb #css

The HTTP 'Link' response header can be a way of letting you create small-net type HTML (as a document) without CSS — while letting you add style using CSS, and even change it (without editing the HTML file).

Ex:

Link: <https://example.com/styles.css>; rel=preload; as=style, <https://example.com/styles.css>; rel=stylesheet

(Note, URLs above should have URL scheme.)

#html #http #smallNet #smallWeb #smolNet #smolWeb #css

The Finger Protocol seems to have had an alternative unofficial TCP-port, other than TCP-port 79.

TCP-port 2003

It was used by GNU cfinger.

TCP-port 2003 would not typically require 'root' privileges — in systems that require 'root' privileges for TCP-ports less-than 1024.

#FingerProtocol #Fingerverse #FingerHole #smallNet #smallWeb #smolNet #smolWeb

The Finger Protocol seems to have had an alternative unofficial TCP-port, other than TCP-port 79.

TCP-port 2003

It was used by GNU cfinger.

TCP-port 2003 would not typically require 'root' privileges — in systems that require 'root' privileges for TCP-ports less-than 1024.

#FingerProtocol #Fingerverse #FingerHole #smallNet #smallWeb #smolNet #smolWeb

Advice for people on the #smolnet.

I’ve seen far too many people complaining they have no feedback about their writing but I simply cannot reach them!

- Put an email contact in an obvious place. Too often, it feels like a quest to find your email.

- Be sure that your email works. No, seriously. I’ve several cases of server returning an error.

- If you don’t want to receive emails, write it explicitely so I don’t spend my time looking for your address.

#gemini #geminiprotocol

Advice for people on the #smolnet.

I’ve seen far too many people complaining they have no feedback about their writing but I simply cannot reach them!

- Put an email contact in an obvious place. Too often, it feels like a quest to find your email.

- Be sure that your email works. No, seriously. I’ve several cases of server returning an error.

- If you don’t want to receive emails, write it explicitely so I don’t spend my time looking for your address.

#gemini #geminiprotocol

#Pollux server is back online after a power outage!

• gemini://pollux.casa/
• https://pollux.casa/
• https://smolfedi.pollux.casa/

#smolweb #geminiprotocol #smolnet

#Pollux server is back online after a power outage!

• gemini://pollux.casa/
• https://pollux.casa/
• https://smolfedi.pollux.casa/

#smolweb #geminiprotocol #smolnet

Si vous voulez soumettre votre site web, blog, curation pour être publié dans l'Internet Phone Book, c'est par ici (sur le bouton jaune):

internetphonebook.net/

Une chouette initiative pour le "Smolnet" et un objet original.

PS: Essayez le "dial-a-site" en bas de page, c'est cool.

#smolnet #smolweb #curation

Si vous voulez soumettre votre site web, blog, curation pour être publié dans l'Internet Phone Book, c'est par ici (sur le bouton jaune):

internetphonebook.net/

Une chouette initiative pour le "Smolnet" et un objet original.

PS: Essayez le "dial-a-site" en bas de page, c'est cool.

#smolnet #smolweb #curation

Perhaps one way a small-net browser client could enable people writing HTML to create nicer looking documents (without all the complexities of CSS) is —

By supporting the following attributes on the HTML <body> element:

<body
bgcolor="#141413"
text="#FAF9F5"
link="#FFFFFF"
vlink="#DDDDDD"
alink="#FF0000"
background="stars.png"
bgproperties="fixed"
>

#HTML #SmallNet #SmallWeb #SmolNet #SmallWeb #WorldWideWeb

Perhaps one way a small-net browser client could enable people writing HTML to create nicer looking documents (without all the complexities of CSS) is —

By supporting the following attributes on the HTML <body> element:

<body
bgcolor="#141413"
text="#FAF9F5"
link="#FFFFFF"
vlink="#DDDDDD"
alink="#FF0000"
background="stars.png"
bgproperties="fixed"
>

#HTML #SmallNet #SmallWeb #SmolNet #SmallWeb #WorldWideWeb

Hello world, again

https://cake.kobel.fyi/c/blog/p/29256/hello-world-again

Hello world, again

https://cake.kobel.fyi/c/blog/p/29256/hello-world-again

Places to telnet: A list of telnet servers and fun destinations.

> The text based internet can be exciting, informative, and fun. Using telnet, you can access a variety of these resources on the internet.

https://telnet.org/htm/places.htm

#smolnet #telnet #retrocomputing

Places to telnet: A list of telnet servers and fun destinations.

> The text based internet can be exciting, informative, and fun. Using telnet, you can access a variety of these resources on the internet.

https://telnet.org/htm/places.htm

#smolnet #telnet #retrocomputing

Perhaps a "modernized" small-net / small-web version of XUL that incorporated lessons from spreadsheets —

Would let you "draw" the UI using the box-drawing characters, like from the DOS and Terminal eras.

And then, a small-net /small-web browser / app-runner could render these natively as mobile-phone UIs and desktop-computer UIs.

#GeminiProtocol #MercuryProtocol #SmallNet #SmallWeb #SmolNet #SmolWeb

Perhaps a "modernized" small-net / small-web version of XUL that incorporated lessons from spreadsheets —

Would let you "draw" the UI using the box-drawing characters, like from the DOS and Terminal eras.

And then, a small-net /small-web browser / app-runner could render these natively as mobile-phone UIs and desktop-computer UIs.

#GeminiProtocol #MercuryProtocol #SmallNet #SmallWeb #SmolNet #SmolWeb

Perhaps a "modernized" small-net / small-web version of XUL that incorporated lessons from spreadsheets —

• would provide a grid-first layout (while still allowing for other layouts)
• would support formulas/code in the same place data can go
• would support ways to allow the user to "draw" the UI

#GeminiProtocol #MercuryProtocol #SmallNet #SmallWeb #SmolNet #SmolWeb

Perhaps a "modernized" small-net / small-web version of XUL that incorporated lessons from spreadsheets —

• would provide a grid-first layout (while still allowing for other layouts)
• would support formulas/code in the same place data can go
• would support ways to allow the user to "draw" the UI

#GeminiProtocol #MercuryProtocol #SmallNet #SmallWeb #SmolNet #SmolWeb

What else could a "modernized" small-net / small-web app format learn from?

A LOT of non-programmers create applications using spreadsheets.

What could we learn from them?

#GeminiProtocol #MercuryProtocol #SmallNet #SmallWeb #SmolNet #SmolWeb

What else could a "modernized" small-net / small-web app format learn from?

A LOT of non-programmers create applications using spreadsheets.

What could we learn from them?

#GeminiProtocol #MercuryProtocol #SmallNet #SmallWeb #SmolNet #SmolWeb

https://mastodon.social/@reiver/116458367287618358

Perhaps a "modernized" small-net / small-web version of XUL —

• would focus on intent
• would be declarative
• would have a simplified syntax (relative to XUL)
• would have high-level UI primitives
• would have reactive data bindings
• would aim for portability
• would be sandboxed by default
• would be adaptive by design

#GeminiProtocol #MercuryProtocol #SmallNet #SmallWeb #SmolNet #SmolWeb

https://mastodon.social/@reiver/116458367287618358

Perhaps a "modernized" small-net / small-web version of XUL —

• would focus on intent
• would be declarative
• would have a simplified syntax (relative to XUL)
• would have high-level UI primitives
• would have reactive data bindings
• would aim for portability
• would be sandboxed by default
• would be adaptive by design

#GeminiProtocol #MercuryProtocol #SmallNet #SmallWeb #SmolNet #SmolWeb

Perhaps a "modernized" small-net / small-web version of XUL —

• would focus on intent
• would be declarative
• would have a simplified syntax (relative to XUL)
• would have high-level UI primitives
• would have reactive data bindings
• would aim for portability
• would be sandboxed by default
• would be adaptive by design

https://mastodon.social/@reiver/116458395826470481

#GeminiProtocol #MercuryProtocol #SmallNet #SmallWeb #SmolNet #SmolWeb

We've had different application formats over the decades. There may be things we could learn from them.

For example, decades ago there was XUL.

(XUL used to power Boxee, ChatZilla, Firefox, Komodo, Miro, Netscape, Songbird, Thunderbird, etc)

If we were to create a "modernized" small-net / small-web version of XUL, how might that look like?

#GeminiProtocol #MercuryProtocol #SmallNet #SmallWeb #SmolNet #SmolWeb

Hmm, I just found out about #ROOPHLOCH, a #minimalist / #smolnet / #outdoorsy #WritingMonth-style challenge:

gemini://zaibatsu.circumlunar.space/~solderpunk/gemlog/announcing-roophloch-2024.gmi

(Its a #Gemini link. You don't have a Gemini client on your device? You should! 😆
Check out Lagrange for GUI, Amfora for terminal, and RosyCrow for android)